256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Verdi, Wagner, polymorphous perversion, Puccini, Brunnhilde, Pinkerton, and Parsifal all rub shoulders in this delightful, poetic, insightful, sexual book sprung by one man's physical response to the power and exaggeration we call opera. Sam Abel applies a light touch as he considers the topic of opera and the eroticized body: Why do audiences respond to opera in a visceral way? How does opera,... Read more
Preface -- Opera and the Body -- Embodying Opera -- The Paradox of the Fat Lady -- Opera and Desire -- Opera, Seduction, and Desire -- Desire and the Singer–s Body -- Opera and Homoerotic Desire -- Opera and Sex -- Operatic Orgasms -- Opera, Sex, and Power -- Sexual Transgression in Opera -- Means and Ends -- The Castrati and the Erotics of Vocal Excess -- Women-as-Men in Opera -- Opera Through the Media -- The End of Opera
Biography
Sam Abel is assistant professor of drama at Dartmouth College.
